YEAR

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

2024

DuPont DD.N

DuPont says it will separate its electronics and water businesses in tax-free transactions, while the new DuPont will continue as a diversified industrial company.

2024

Masimo Corp MASI.O

Masimo says it is evaluating a proposed spinoff of its consumer business, including its consumer health and audio products. The firm says it will retain its healthcare and telehealth products, and that the spinoff will improve the profitability of its healthcare business.

2023

Lionsgate LION.O

Lionsgate says it will spin off its studio unit in a blank-check deal. Says its studio business will merge with the Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp SPAC to create a new public firm for Lionsgate's film and television assets.

2023

Citigroup C.N

Citi says it will split its Mexico retail unit, known as Banamex, from its corporate and investment banking business in the country by the second half of 2024. The retail unit should begin the process of going public in 2025.

2023

Edwards Lifesciences EW.N

Edwards Lifesciences says it will spin off its critical care unit at the end of 2024 to concentrate on its larger heart devices business.

2023

Western Digital WDC.O

Western Digital says it will spin off its flash memory business - that has been grappling with a supply glut - after talks to merge the unit with Japan's Kioxia stall.

2022

Medtronic MDT.N

Medtronic says it will spin off its patient-monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses into a new company as it seeks a streamlined portfolio and faster revenue growth.

2022

Danaher Corp DHR.N

Medical technology firm Danaher Corp says it will separate its Environmental & Applied Solutions segment to grow its Life Sciences and Diagnostics businesses.

2022

Laboratory Corp of America Holdings LH.N

Labcorp says it will spin off its wholly owned business focused on clinical drug trials. Its Fortrea FTRE.O clinical development unit is now listed on the Nasdaq.

2022

3M Co MMM.N

3M Co says it plans to spin off its healthcare business into a separate public-listed company. It says the new company will be called Solventum and names Bryan Hanson CEO.

2022

Kellogg Co

Kellogg spins off its North American cereals business into WK Kellogg Co KLG.N and its global snacking business into Kellanova K.N.

2022

AT&TT.N

AT&T spins off WarnerMedia in a $43 billion transaction to merge its media properties with Discovery Inc. The new company is called Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O.

2021

Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N

Johnson & Johnson says it plans to break up into two companies, splitting its consumer health division. In 2023, it spins off and lists its consumer health business, Kenvue KVUE.N.

2021

General Electric Co

General Electric says it will split into three public companies focusing on energy, healthcare and aviation. It spins off its health division, GE HealthCare GEHC.O, in 2023, followed by GE Aerospace GE.N and its energy unit GE Vernova GEV.N in April 2024.

2021

IBM IBM.N

IBM spins off a large chunk of its company - the managed and infrastructure business - as Kyndryl KD.N in November, as the century-old tech company sheds its slow-growing business to focus on its high-margin cloud and artificial intelligence businesses.

2020

United Technologies

In March, United Technologies Corp approves the spinoffs of Carrier Global Corporation CARR.N and Otis Worldwide Corporation OTIS.N.

2019

DuPont DD.N

DowDuPont Inc spins off its materials science division Dow Inc DOW.N in April and agriscience company Corteva CTVA.N in June - part of its split into three companies.

2016

Honeywell International HON.O

In September, Honeywell International Inc, a U.S. manufacturer of aerospace parts and climate control systems, approves the spinoff of its $1.3 billion resins and chemicals operations into a standalone company, AdvanSix Inc ASIX.N.

2015

Hewlett Packard Co HPE.N

In November, Hewlett-Packard splits into two listed companies: Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE.N, comprising its corporate hardware and service business, and Hewlett-Packard, renamed HP Inc HPQ.N, consisting of its computers and printers business.

2015

Ebay Inc EBAY.O

In June, e-commerce firm eBay EBAY.O approves the spinoff of PayPal PYPL.O.

1984

AT&T Inc T.N

The U.S. government files an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T Corp in 1974 because of its monopoly over telephone lines. After eight years of litigation, the two sides reach a settlement and AT&T gives up control of its regional operating companies, Baby Bells.